{"id":37073,"date":"2025-08-01T01:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/37073\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T01:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:30:10","slug":"james-gunn-teases-sequel-writing-for-superman-its-not-superman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/37073\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Teases &#8220;Sequel Writing&#8221; For &#8216;Superman&#8217;: &#8220;It\u2019s Not Superman 2&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-gunn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-gunn\" data-tag=\"james-gunn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Gunn<\/a> has just completed the press tour for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/superman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_superman\" data-tag=\"superman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Superman<\/a>, but he has no time to relax as the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dc-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dc-studios\" data-tag=\"dc-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DC Studios<\/a> co-head has more things lined up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn an exchange on social media with fans, Gunn revealed he is about to embark on a press tour for the second season of the HBO series Peacemaker as well as writing for the follow-up Superman film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cPeacemaker press!! And sequel writing!!!\u201d Gunn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@jamesgunn\/post\/DMxxmG8seCd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> on Threads when asked if he was going to have time to relax following the Superman release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGunn\u2019s mentioning that he was writing a sequel to Superman left fans confused as it contradicted what he had said before of the continuity the Man of Steel would have in the DC Universe. The writer, director, and producer said he was working on a new script for a film where Superman would have a major role, but it wasn\u2019t a direct sequel to Superman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThis is the same movie. Superman has a major role. It\u2019s not Superman 2,\u201d Gunn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@jamesgunn\/post\/DMyOP4DACKJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">clarified<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-gunn-threads-superman-2.jpg\" alt=\"James Gunn talks 'Superman' future on Threads\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"577\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJames Gunn talks \u2018Superman\u2019 future on Threads<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThreads \/ jamesgunn<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIt was on July 13 when Gunn was asked when Superman 2 would be released, to which the filmmaker said, \u201cDefine Superman 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn an interview with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/james-gunn-interview-superman-gods-and-monsters-future-dcu-titles-exclusive-11755992\">EW<\/a>, Gunn was asked if he was working on a sequel, and he said, \u201cWhat I\u2019m working on is in some way\u2026I mean, yes, yes, yes, yes. But is it a straight-up Superman sequel? I would not say necessarily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-gunn-superman-sequel-threads.jpg\" alt=\"James Gunn talks 'Superman' future on Threads\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"577\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJames Gunn talks \u2018Superman\u2019 future on Threads<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThreads \/ jamesgunn<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGunn has a lot to celebrate following the release of Superman. Deadline reported on Thursday, July 31, that the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/box-office-superman-milestone-1236475579\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DC Studios film would pass the $300M mark<\/a> at the domestic box office, the first one to do so since Matt Reeves\u2019 The Batman in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSuperman has surpassed Zack Snyder\u2019s Man of Steel ($291M domestic) and 2017\u2019s Justice League ($229M).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Gunn has just completed the press tour for Superman, but he has no time to relax as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[9408,96,1155,2839,951,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-37073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dc-studios","tag-entertainment","tag-james-gunn","tag-movies","tag-superman","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}